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14. Ceophlceus pileatus, Pileated Woodpecker, Logcock. 

 Body blackish slate; wings with a large white patch con- 

 spicuous only when flying; throat white; a white stripe 

 across cheek and down neck; jaw-stripe scarlet in male, 

 blackish in female ; both sexes with scarlet crest, but in the 

 male the whole top of head (which is slaty black in female) 

 equally brilliant. This red cap gives the bird the name of 

 pileated. Iris yellow. 17 inches. 



Wooded regions of Southern States, Florida to North 

 Carolina, very rarely near settlements, but far more com- 

 mon than the following subspecies of the North and 

 West. 

 a. C. p. abieticola, Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



Larger; more extensive white markings; the black grayer 



or browner. 



From Virginia northward to 63° in the East, and in the 

 West among the Rocky Mountains, north of Colorado to 

 the northwest coast ; a shy woodland bird to be looked 

 for only in the primitive evergreen forests, though some- 

 times occurring in any heavy timber and, in New Eng- 

 land, upon the higher well-wooded mountains. The 

 largest of the northern woodpeckers; resident. 



15. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Wings, tail, and upper parts glossy blue-black; rump, ex- 

 posed secondaries, and under parts from breast downward 

 pure white; head, neck, and breast crimson. Sexes alike. 

 Young with red and black wholly or partly replaced by 

 grayish brown; can be recognized by white markings. 9.5 

 inches. 



United States, west to Rocky Mountains; rare east of 

 Hudson River, but ordinarily breeding wherever found; 

 in winter usually migratory from its northern limits, the 

 migration depending principally upon the food supply 

 and depth of snow. 



16. Melanerpes formicivorus. Ant-eating Woodpecker. 



Upper parts, wings, and tail glossy greenish black; rump 



